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January 25th, 2012 • Beaded Flower Clip


This Wednesday, January 25th, 2012 from 9pm until midnight at Akbar it’s CRAFTNIGHT!!!
Project: Beaded Flower Clip
$2 Processing fee, please!
$4 Cosmopolitans! Think with a pink drink!

 
If you’re procrastinating on the internet, I’m glad the series of tubes brought you here to the CraftNight site, where we’re going to be REALLY INTO BEADS this week. Bring your procrastinating self over to Akbar, and use our activity as a gentle distraction from whatever ELSE you’re “supposed to be doing.”
CraftNight endorses a bit of vagueness, confusion and fuzzy-mindedness.
Enhanced clarity isn’t everything.
You see, I have news for you: You’re never going to catch up. There will always be more paper, people, pineapples and peanuts to deal with in the course of your lifetime. Levels of efficiency and quality will always be part of the great cyclical whirlwind of stuff that permeates the daily joys of existence. It’s not about cutting out the fun, it’s about balancing the drudgery with the funnery in a way that makes you throw your hat in the air like Mary Tyler Moore on the Mary Tyler Moore show.

I’m not saying “Don’t plan things” since, as we all know, taking 10 t0 12 minutes to plan one’s day saves the average planner 100 to 120 minutes! I’m saying maybe “Don’t plan things ALL THE TIME and HAVE SOME FUN” since, as we all know, sticking to the plan all the time is kind of boring, and routines are meant to be broken.

Besides, I have an important task for you, it’s so important, you’ll have a burning desire to start and finish it, which will kickstart your endorphins into overdrive and get you addicted to starting and finishing other things! It’s called a beaded flower clip, it involves (duh) beads, and you can either string’em together into the awesome shape of a flower, or just get crazy and make whatever you want out of the materials!

Make a necklace make a key fob make a dangling groovy handle for your backpack zipper!
Give it to your friend, give it to your lover, give it to the butcher the baker the candlestick maker!
This flower is going to start you on the road toward ultimate productivity, but ONLY if you STOP productivity NOW to procrastinate on your projects in order to come join us and play with this project.

Taxes can wait.
The cat can wait.
Your boss can wait wait wait.
You’ll have such a positive experience making this flowery thing, you’ll have guaranteed results!
Develop the habits of success! Make a beaded flower clip! Come to CraftNight and be a winner! Wooooooooo!

See you at the Craft Table,
JP Craft Captain

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Posted by on January 24, 2012 in Uncategorized

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January 18th, 2012 • Chinese New Year Craft!


This Wednesday,  January 18th, 2012 from 9pm until midnight at Akbar it’s CRAFTNIGHT!!!
Project: Dragon Noise Makers (Karate Kid Style)
$2 Processing fee, please!
$4 Cosmopolitans! The Akbar Cosmo: Your key to a better tomorrow

Don’t panic, if your new year’s resolutions are already shot, the good news is that January 1st is only one little interpretation of THE NEW YEAR. Luckily, another new year’s celebration is right around the corner, and it’s a whopper! China celebrates the new year for TWO WEEKS! It’s a comprehensive series of days, each with it’s own special meanings and tasks. I can’t even begin to pack it all into this post without becoming Wikipedia, but here are some of the things it entails: Cleaning, Forgiving, Visiting, eating, Writing your name on a mandarin and throwing it in the river, guiding spirits home, making lanterns, firecrackers, dragons, have your fortune told, giving people money in little red envelopes.
So you know, do the new year again, it’s the year of the DRAGON, it’s kind of a big deal. Out with the old and in with the new, expel the negative chi from your life and breathe in energy, vitality and unbridled enthusiasm! To make sure that everyone knows you are enthusiastic, we’re making dragon-themed noisemakers, the kind everyone used to cheer for Ralph Macchio in Karate Kid: Part II. Here’s what I’m talking about, keep in mind, the noisemaker situation doesn’t really present itself until after the dramatic build-up until about 3:40 or so:

This could be YOU (metaphorically speaking, of course). We’re making these… the cheap imitation cardboard version, not the fancy kind made out of wood and animal skin that Mr. Miyagi is using. And no, Mr. Miyagi isn’t Chinese, he’s Japanese, but let’s not turn into Wikipedia again so I can end this post. I’ll bring paints so you can really do it up.
See you at the Craft Table,
JP Craft Captain

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Posted by on January 14, 2012 in Uncategorized

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January 11th, 2012 • Teapot Treat Holders

TONIGHT! January 11th, 2012 from 9pm until midnight at Akbar it’s CRAFTNIGHT!!!
Project: Teapot Treat Holders with Treats! 
$2 Processing fee, please!
$4 Cosmopolitans! The Akbar Cosmo: Like a Good neighbor, cosmos are there! 

Have you ever gazed longingly at your teapot and thought “Gee, what a drag, I wish this thing was made out of cardboard and full of candy. Guess I’ll have to settle for hot tea in a boring ceramic kettle.” Well have I got news for you! No longer is your reverie stuck in the land of fiction, it is REAL! No longer will you be stuck in the long dark tea time of the soul, you have landed in Clover, it is a charmed life you lead. How can I tell?

This week’s craft kit is not just tea time, but TREAT time!
I’ll hand you your selection of goods that helps you to create a winsome little getup involving a container that LOOKS like a teapot that is ACTUALLY a container for candy, or teabags, or condoms or um… spices, you know, whatever’s around that needs a handy storage spot!
And do not DO NOT DO. NOT…Tell me you’re not going to come in here and make a teapot treat holder because you’re trying to get all streamlined and adult and “done with clutter.” Crafts have everything to do with clutter and nothing to do with creating harmonious feng shui for your minimalistic immaculate home. If you are certain that owning one of these beauties is going to harsh your mellow or make you feel a smidgen of ill-defined disquietude… then make one, fill it with treats and give it away!

I promise it’ll be a hit, I even grabbed some discount candies to give it that authentic feel of when you’d visit a waiting room or a bank in the 70s or 80s (when people in businesses actually kept candy dishes) and get a FREE piece of candy just for visiting! Maybe you can use it at your work, or your swank hi-rise apartment. Bring the “free candy” tradition back! Make it the focal point of a cozy kitchen nook, it’s the pinnacle of hospitality! Just make sure you use up or replace the candies frequently, otherwise you replicate the other residual memory of offices in the 70s and 80s: free CRAPPY and STALE candy that no one ever wants.

It’s our second CraftNight of the year, and if I don’t say so myself, we’re starting with some very strong crafts, don’t miss this one!

See you at the Craft Table!

JP Craft Captain

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Posted by on January 8, 2012 in Uncategorized

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January 4th, 2012 • Snowperson Photo Holder

TONIGHT! January 4th, 2012 from 9pm until midnight at Akbar it’s CRAFTNIGHT!!!
Project: Eye-Catching Snowperson Photo Holders!
$2 Processing fee, please!
$4 Cosmopolitans! The Akbar Cosmo: Melts in your mouth, not in your hands.

And we’re BACK!
Step right up and begin the very first CraftNight of the year by putting your photos into a Snowperson Photo Holder built by YOU! Made from sturdy materials and possessing an exceedingly altruistic expression, this wooden bobblehead figure will hold ANY pair of photos without displaying even a smidgen of judgment. You could put photos of your privates in there, and the faithful expression of your snowperson’s face will not change. The snowperson is here to steadfastly and loyally display the pictorial history and aspects of your life, no matter what content you choose to present.
Seriously, bring in 2 photos to use, up to 5″ they’ll fit snugly into the tiny wire arms of the snowperson easily. This is a friend, a confidant, one who you can trust to display the photos of your choosing for days, months, years.
The puffball is rolling, the glitter is flitting, it’s starting it’s starting TONIGHT!
Happy New Year! Get in Here!
See you at the Craft Table,
JP Craft Captain

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Posted by on January 4, 2012 in Uncategorized

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December 21st, 2011 • CraftNight Winter Hiatus

It’s the holidays, everything is weird.
Places have weird hours, they’re either closing too early or open too late. CraftNight is no exception, last week we ended on a square dancing high note that was the perfect sendoff to 2011. We shall reconvene on January 4th, 2012 with some exciting new projects for you to make!

As you sit by the crackling fire with the brandy snifter lazily whirling around in a clockwise motion by your attentive armchair hand, I hope that you have a lovely holi-jolly end of December, with the goodness, sweetness and joy that make these lucky days of ours all the more grand.

And if you are sitting in Akbar right now, reading this on your smart phone while someone is checking out your butt… GET OFF THE PHONE!!! Have a cosmo, they’re $4 on Wednesdays!

See you in 2012 at the Craft Table,
JP Craft Captain

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Posted by on December 21, 2011 in Uncategorized

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